WI: P.G.T. Beauregard Commands the Bulgarian Army During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878

or take up the Romanians on their offer to create a Bulgarian army in conjunction with the Bulgarian division the Russians were organizing (Op'lchentsi), or even have the two merged, or something entertaining like that.
I'd enjoy reading such a timeline.
This is the first time I've seen anything like this. Do you have more information on this?

And minor point, but it's rare that one see such a bad transcriptions as the one you gave for Опълченци". Opalchentsi or Opulchentsi or even Opylchentsi works, but the form you gave would not be pronouncable by most Bulgarians.
 
Less bloodthirsty. Both the Union and the Confederates had a concept of rules of warfare and areas they usually didn't go. The forces in the Balkans didn't seem to have any inhibitions in that regard.
Get off your high horse. The Indian wars had plenty of massacres to rival anything done in the Balkans. At least on the Russian and Bulgaran side - I don't think there is anything compared to the Batak massacre there.

The Civil War was relatively civilized because it was fought between people of the same culture which had been part of the same country until very recently. One can't make broad generalizations from this.
 
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On another note, it occurs to me that the Russo-Turkish War exhibited a large number of war crimes on both sides - whole villages being massacred, places of worship being destroyed, that sort of thing. While unfortunately some level of ethnic violence is probably unavoidable, given the level of ethnic tensions in the Balkans during that time, but is there any reason to believe that Beauregard would make a special effort to conduct a more clean campaign, at least in comparison to the Russian and Turkish commanders?
While the Russian military did commit some war crimes (mostly by the Cossacks and irregular forces), I'm not aware of them massacring whole villages. Whether Beauregard depends on whether he considers the Ottoman Turks civilized or not. As I mentioned above, massacres were not uncommon against the uncivilized Indians. It also might depend on the circumstances. For example, if he witnesses massacres by the Turks, he might not be too conscientious about restraining the Bulgarian volunteers.
 
Get off your high horse. The Indian wars had plenty of massacres to rival anything done in the Balkans. At least on the Russian and Bulgaran side - I don't think there is anything compared to the Batak massacre there.

The Civil War was relatively civilized because it was fought between people of the same culture which had been part of the same country until very recently. One can't make broad generalizations from this.

That said, the Americans would be relative outsiders in this scenario, and thus personally wouldn't be subject to the same sort of animosity that had been stewing in the Balkans for centuries up to this point. Surely this would have some bearing on this behavior?
 
That said, the Americans would be relative outsiders in this scenario, and thus personally wouldn't be subject to the same sort of animosity that had been stewing in the Balkans for centuries up to this point. Surely this would have some bearing on this behavior?
Certainly, but then the Russians had also been outsiders when the war started. The Americans, for another example, had also been outsiders in the Philippines, but they descended to some pretty despicable actions. Wars often have the effect of making behavior considered atrocious under normal circumstances becoming acceptable. Especially if you consider the enemy inferior.
 
Given Beauregard was offered a command by the Romanians, not the Bulgarians, what are the odds that a liberated Bulgaria may be included as part of Romania?

If it wasn't, which country would most of the Confederates flock to, Romania, where PGTB originally fled, or a newly minted Bulgaria where they may have greater influence?
 
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Given Beauregard was offered a command by the Romanians, not the Bulgarians, what are the odds that a liberated Bulgaria may be included as part of Romania?

If it wasn't, which country would most of the Confederates flock to, Romania, where PGTB originally fled, or a newly minted Bulgaria where they may have greater influence?

Well, if Bulgaria ends up doing better such that they're able to secure larger postwar borders, and many Turks are still massacred, expelled, or flee from this territory, there'd silly be more open land in Bulgaria.
 
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